"Jasbinder Singh Bali" <jsbali@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm using the following statement in my plpgsql function
> SELECT INTO no_rows COUNT(*) FROM tbl_concurrent;
> I have decalred no_rows int4 and initialized it to zero
> Running the function throws the following error:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "(" at character 13
> QUERY: SELECT $1 (*) FROM tbl_concurrent
I'll bet a nickel you have a local variable named "count" in that
function, and plpgsql is blindly trying to substitute its value into
the SQL query. The replacement of "COUNT" by " $1 " in the query
text is the tip-off.
regards, tom lane
